Fort Gibson, Oklahoma is a small town with an estimated population of 4,058 according to the U.S Census in 2019. The local politics in Fort Gibson are based on the municipal government that serves the community and its citizens. The mayor is elected by the residents of Fort Gibson and is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of city government, as well as developing and implementing plans for long-term growth and development. Other local political candidates include city council members who serve four-year terms, school board representatives, county commissioners, district court judges, justices of the peace who serve six-year terms, and other county officials such as sheriffs and clerks. These officials all work together to ensure that residents are provided with quality services from their municipal government.
The political climate in Fort Gibson, OK is strongly conservative.
Muskogee County, OK is very conservative. In Muskogee County, OK 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muskogee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 32.0%.
Muskogee county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Gibson, OK is strongly conservative.
Muskogee County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Tahlequah Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Oklahoma is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma: d r R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Fort Gibson, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $8,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $30,006 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)